
“Shoulder Dystocia” – with Dr. Caroline Friedman
Healthful Woman Podcast
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Should You Induce Someone Who the Baby Doesn't Look to Be Big?
When i was training, we knew that people a risked er shoulder stotia. We were pretty sure it was going to increase the risk of a cesarian by inducing. What's happened since then are two things, which is really interesting. There is good evidence now that we're not increasing the risk of a se section,. Right by inducing at 39 weeks, as long as do it right, le, you do it properly. That's good news. So we don't think it's quite as harmful to induce labor. It may be annoying, right? T it's longer and this. But it', it does not seem to be harmful, cracked, from like an medical perspective
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